TROOPS CELEBRATE
MEETING AT TORGAU
ACCIDENTAL EARLIER LINK-UP
Rec. 12.40 p.m. LONDON, April 27. The first link-up betweei* the .Americans and the Russians occurred by accident on Wednesday, says the |British United Press correspondent jwith the Ist Army. .An American patrol of 20 men failed to receive orders to halt their advance, and walked into the Russian lines.
• This accidental meeting occurred at Riesa on April 25. American headquarters radioed the patrol, ordering it to halt five miles beyond the bMulde River, but the message was never received, and the patrol went on 23 miles to a point where it met Russian troops. None of the Americans spoke Russian, but a lieutenant walked to-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 99, 28 April 1945, Page 7
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115TROOPS CELEBRATE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 99, 28 April 1945, Page 7
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